Annual Festivals & Events
THESE ARE EVENTS THAT USUALLY HAPPEN IN SQUAMISH EVERY YEAR. This handy listing will help you avoid conflicts when scheduling your events! Be sure to check with organizers for exact dates. We have entered dates where known and websites where possible.
For Whistler & Pemberton Annual Events visit www.whistlereventsguide.com/annualevents_Whistler
JANUARY
- Annual Brackendale Winter Eagle Festival and Count www.brackendaleartgallery.com
FEBRUARY
- Howe Sound Performing Arts Association Music Festival www.howesoundarts.ca
MARCH
- BC Midget Hockey Championships
APRIL
- Squamish Soccerfest www.squamishsoccerassociation.com
MAY
- Balding For Dollars
- Brackendale Bluegrass Festival www.brackendaleartgallery.com
- Squamish Youth Triathlon (Mother's Day) www.squamishyouthtri.ca
- The Ore Crusher MTB Race www.orecrusher.ca (May 12 2012)
- Loop the Lakes Trail Running challengebychoice.ca (May 27 2012)
JUNE
- Test of Metal www.testofmetal.com (Father's Day Weekend) (June 16 2012)
- North Vancouver Outdoor School Open House
- Annual Star Search Youth Talent Night
- Relay for Life (June 22)
- Squamish Garden Tour
- Squamish Men's Amateur Golf Tournament
- A Day Out with Thomas www.wcra.org
- Saint Jean Baptiste Day
- BMX Nationals squamishbmx.com
JULY
- Canada Day Downtown Squamish - games, music, farmers market, fireworks
- BC Bike Race July 5-7 2012
- Squamish Triathlon www.squamishtriathlon.org July 15 2012
- Squamish Mountain Festival www.squamishmountainfestival.com
- Squamish GearJammer MTB XC Race Weekend www.gearjammer.ca (July 21, 2012)
- Annual Multicultural Event, Totem Hall
- Squamish Days and Logger Sports Festival www.squamishdays.ca (Aug 2-5, 2012)
AUGUST
- Copper & Fire, BC Museum of Mining, Britannia www.bcmuseumofmining.org
- Bass Coast Project Music and Art Festival (Paradise Valley) www.basscoastproject.com (Aug 3-6, 2012)
- West Coast Railway Museum Mini-Rail Day www.wcra.org
- Annual Caribbean Summer Jam Festival
- Whippet Races
- Squamish Open Annual Regatta (SOAR) www.squamishyachtclub.com
- BVOD Beyond Valleycliffe of the Dolls cynicalsunshine.com
- Just Another Bike Race - Test of Metal XC Mtb Race. www.testofmetal.com (Aug 18, 2012)
- Canadian National Championship Kiteboard Racing www.squamishwindsports.com
- Live @ Squamish www.liveatsquamish.com (August 24-26)
- Squamish 50 Trail Runniing Race (August 11)
SEPTEMBER
- Annual Brackendale Fall Fair www.brackendaleartgallery.com
- Rumble to the Rock & Classic Car Show
- GrandFondo Vancouver to Whistler www.rbcgranfondowhistler.com (Sep 8, 2012)
- Loop the Lakes www.challengebychoice.ca
- Rubble Creek Classic www.rubblecreekclassic.com
- Spirit Run - www.whistlerspiritrun.com
- Terry Fox Run
- Visuals Squamish Valley Artists ArtWalk (3rd weekend) www.squamishart.com
- Spartan Race Squamish (Sept 1)
OCTOBER
- SORCA Bill Landry Lunar Enduro www.sorca.ca
- West Coast Railway Park Hallowe'en Train and FrightFest
NOVEMBER
- Remembrance Day Activities downtown and at Brennan Park (10:45 am)
DECEMBER
- Christmas Train at West Coast Railway Park
- Christmas Market and Santa Parade